Study 23ST032 - Support Cables

Steel support or suspension cables at the Milwaukee Art Museum's Quadracci Pavilion by Santiago Calatrava. These steel cables are outside; they support a huge sailboat mast-like structure and function as mainstays, forestays and backstays. I loved the energetic, parabolic shape created by the arrangement of the cables, which might be solid steel rods; not sure.

The museum was closed on the day of our visit, but we had a nice walk along the lake. People were setting out chairs and blankets in extra early preparation for a summer fireworks display. It was hot.

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